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24 December 2012

Know 20 Facts about Russian Helicopter Mil Mi-17 a helicopter made in 1970India Russia Signed a $1.6 billion deal for India to purchase 42 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and a $1.3 billion contract for the delivery of 71 Mi-17 V5 helicopters

42 = Su-30 MKI = Price = $3 billion (Rs. 16,666 crore)

71 = Mi-17 V5 helicopters - $1.54 billion (Rs. 8,555 crore)

The transport helicopters - 59 for the IAF and 12 for the ministry of home affairs Know 20 Facts about Russian Helicopter Mil Mi-17 a helicopter made in 1970

1.Name - Mil Mi-17 or Mi-8M series in Russian service

2. NATO Name – Hip

3.National origin - Soviet Union

4.Design group - Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant

5.Built by - Kazan Helicopter Plant

6.First flight – 1970

7.Mil Mi 17 Russian helicopter is made in at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude.

8.Main Role of Helicopter - transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship.

9. The designation Mi-17 is for export; Russian armed forces call it Mi-8MT.

10.The Mi-17 can be recognized because it has the tail rotor on the port side instead of the starboard side, and dust shields in front of the engine intakes.

11.In May 2008 licensed production of the Mi-17 started in China, with production being led by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant JSC and the Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

12.In May 1999, during Operation "SafedSagar", the Mi-17 was used in the first air phase of Kargil operations by 129HU of the IAF against Pakistani regular and Pakistan backed militant forces. One Mi-17 was lost in combat to shoulder fired missiles. Mi-17s were withdrawn

13.The Mi-17 is used as a commercial passenger aircraft by Air Koryo, national airline of North Korea.

16. – Armament up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of disposable stores on six hardpoints, including bombs, rockets, and gunpods.

17.The Mi-17 is also used by search and rescue teams such as the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department.

18.The Mexican Navy utilizes its Mi-17s for anti-narcotic operations

19.Mi-17s are operated by the Afghan National Army Air Force. In July 2010 two Mi-17 were flown by a mixed crew of United States Air Force and Afghan Air Force personnel in a 13-hour mission that rescued 2080 civilians from flood waters.

20.Monday, December 24, 2012 – India Russia Signed a $1.6 billion deal for India to purchase 42 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and a $1.3 billion contract for the delivery of 71 Mi-17 V5 helicopters military helicopters.